Zinat Ara

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Zinat Ara
জিনাত আরা
Supreme Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
27 April 2003
Personal details
Born (1953-03-15) 15 March 1953 (age 70)
NationalityBangladeshi
Parent(s)H.M.R. Siddiqui (father)
Begum Ayesha Siddiqui (mother)
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Profession Judge

Zinat Ara (born 15 March 1953) is a Bangladeshi justice of the Appellate Division. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Ara was born on 15 March 1953. Her father's name is H.M.R. Siddiqui and mother's name is Begum Ayesha Siddiqui. She passed her LLB and LLM from University of Dhaka. [3]

Career

Ara was elevated as additional judge of the High Court Division on 27 April 2003 and appointed judge on 27 April 2005. [4] In 2007, 1st time in the history of the country's judiciary, Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Farah Mahbub the 2 female judges had conducted a division bench of the High Court in order to deliver justice to the people. [5]

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